First description of an apical epidermis cone in Paratenuisentis ambiguus (Acanthocephala : Eoacanthocephala) and its phylogenetic implications

• Published in: Parasitology research (1987) Vol. 87; no. 4; pp. 306 - 310
• Main Author: HERLYN, Holger
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin Springer 01.04.2001
• Subjects: Acanthocephala - classification; Acanthocephala - growth & development; Acanthocephala - ultrastructure; Anguilla - parasitology; Animals; Biological and medical sciences; Epidermis - ultrastructure; Fish Diseases - parasitology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Helminthiasis, Animal - parasitology; Intestines - parasitology; Invertebrates; Less representative or incertae sedis groups: acanthocephala, chaetognatha, gnathostomulida, lophophoria, merostomata, mesozoa, myxozoa, nematorhyncha, pararthropoda, placozoa, priapuloidea, prochordata, pycnogonida, rotifera; Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; Phylogeny; Sense Organs - anatomy & histology; Sense Organs - innervation; Sense Organs - ultrastructure; Host parasite relation; Scanning electron microscopy; Anguilla anguilla; Taxonomy; Anguilla rostrata; Parasite; Intestinal wall; Epidermis; First record; Zoopathogen; Phylogeny; Freshwater environment; Vertebrata; Biological fixation; Anchor; Transmission electron microscopy; Acanthocephala; Ultrastructure; Pisces; Animal; Morphology; Invertebrata; Apex; Proboscis

The proboscis apex of the eoacanthocephalan parasite Paratenuisentis ambiguus was studied, using electron and light microscopy, for a better understanding of the parasite's attachment at the intestinal wall of its definitive hosts (Anguilla rostrata and A. anguilla). The results suggest the pre...